Vatican Museum Collection

The Vatican Museums are the public museums of the Vatican City. They display works from the immense collection amassed by the Catholic Church and the papacy throughout the centuries, including several of the most well-known Roman sculptures and most important masterpieces of Renaissance art in the world. The museums contain roughly 70,000 …
The Vatican Museums are the public museums of the Vatican City. They display works from the immense collection amassed by the Catholic Church and the papacy throughout the centuries, including several of the most well-known Roman sculptures and most important masterpieces of Renaissance art in the world. The museums contain roughly 70,000 works, of which 20,000 are on display, and currently employs 640 people who work in 40 different administrative, scholarly, and restoration departments.
  • Established: 1506
  • Location: Vatican City · Viale Vaticano 6, I-00192, Rome
  • Collection size: 70,000
  • Visitors: 6,764,858 (2023)
  • Director: Barbara Jatta
  • Public transit access: Ottaviano – San Pietro – Musei Vaticani
  • Type: Art museum

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